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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem Six, which characters narrate the poem?

2. How does the narrator in Poem Seven tell her story?

3. What is the title of Poem One?

4. Based on Poem One, what is this play about?

5. What is the last line of Poem Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Poem Eighteen allow the characters to do? What do the characters use the poem to describe?

2. How is dance used in Poem Three?

3. What clue(s) does the playwright provide to the audience so that they know Poem One is about African American women?

4. What is ironic about Poem Six?

5. Why does the lady in brown open and close the play?

6. How did the lady in red discover God?

7. Describe Poem Nine.

8. What do the two songs at the end of Poem One represent?

9. Describe the poetic imagery in Poem Six.

10. How does the playwright bring universality to the script in Poem One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator describes a number of relationships in this play. How does she portray these relationships? Why does she portray them this way? What is significant about these relationships? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the play, the lady in brown's final words are, "This is for colored girls who have considered suicide/but are movin to the ends of their own rainbow." What does this statement mean? What do colored girls have to do in order to move "to the ends of their own rainbow"? What is required of them? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

How does the playwright use colloquial language in the play? Why is it necessary for her to use colloquial language in this type of work? Please use specific examples from the book.

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